Distance running can cause a tremendous amount of stress on the body. Yoga is now recognized as a way for runners to stretch tight muscles and help lessen running pain. Runners tend to gravitate towards power yoga and fast paced vinyasa flow. Itâ€™s wonderful to see runners now practicing yoga but this approach of stretching [...]

Before you start running it is likely you strap on a pair of running shoes that contain a number of features designed to enhance your performance and help keep you injury free. Every feature that is built into a running shoe already exists in your body in varying degrees. Practicing your ChiRunning form will help [...]

Many of us have heard the concept of “running is a metaphor [or mirror] for life”. There have been many ways to apply and learn from this concept. Just Google the phrase and you will see many posts on the subject. A few days ago a great quote came across my path: â€œTension is who [...]

I’d like to clear up a bit of confusion about Chi Running that seems to crop up every now and then. Some runners have come to Chi Running workshops expecting their running to feel effortless by the end of the class. Then they write us afterwards and complain that they didn’t feel as though they got their [...]

In the past week, I’ve gone running three times. Lately, that’s a lot for me! I’ve been making the time to get outdoors and enjoy the crisp fall mornings. Sunday I went running for 3.8 miles with the dog, surprising myself, and the dog as well. We had great weather that morning and going running [...]

How long does it take to get it? I get this question all the time, and it is a difficult one to answer. In my own experience, I have â€œgotten itâ€ several different times over the course of practicing my running form. We call these â€œAHA moments.â€ Those moments where everything clicks and you say [...]

I finished the Detroit Marathon on October 18th, 2009, running it in 3 hours 53 minutes – not particularly fast, however not bad for only having trained for 8 weeksÂ completing only 500 KM of training miles. (PreviousÂ 3 monthsÂ before starting 8 weeks of training for Detroit was long distance biking only = 5000KM – no running [...]

“Do I really want to do this marathon?” I asked myself just 24 hrs before it was to begin. The idea of running up and down hills on a muddy trail inÂ the forecasted Â rainstorm and strong windÂ Â just did not seem that appealing (and my marathon training had been spotty, at best). But, oh well, I [...]

Since I took up running, I have always had the desire to run a marathon. Early on in my running career, it became clear that this may not be a possibility due to constant running injuries and the words of podiatrists and physiotherapists ringing in my ears. However, like any running junkie, I wasn’t going [...]

Last Saturday was one of those memorable running days â€” in more ways than one.Â I was scheduled to meet some friends at a local park and ride and then carpool to the place where we would start running.Â When I wasnâ€™t there at the appointed time they thought I must be running late.Â Little [...]